Medway Athlete Support Programme

The Athlete Support Programme supports Medway's athletes aged 12-21 competing at county level and higher. The programme entitles athletes to:

- Reduced physiotherapy rates for services provided by the University of Kent

- Access to a number of University of Kent Sports Science workshops

- A free Junior membership for u16s with extended access till 6pm (County or Higher)

- A free Gym and Swim membership for 16+ (Regional levels and above)

- Invitation to an athlete insight day - Athlete profile on our website

- Offer a place on our Sporting Academy programme for appropriate age groups without trials

Qualifying criteria
To qualify for inclusion an athlete must:
- Live in Medway or be a Medway athlete studying at university whose parents still live in Medway;
- Be aged 12 - 21 on 1 April 2017
- If under 16: Represent the county/county team (or be ranked in the top 10 at county level for an individual sports with official county rankings), or a higher representation level, in a Sport England - funded sport.
- Aged 16 plus: Represent the region/or a regional team or a higher representation level, in a Sport England - funded sport.

To apply for inclusion on the Athlete Support Programme please click next

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Your sporting achievements

Please use the boxes below to provide details of your achievements over the last 12 months. Inclusion on the programme is based on achievements from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. Cases of athletes failing to achieve expected standards owing to mitigating circumstances (injuries, for example) will be examined and evaluated individually.

The second box is for listing your major achievements to date. This can include achievements from beyond 12 months ago and should give an overall picture of your sporting career

 
 
  What are your top three sporting achievements?
   
   
   

Medway Athlete Support feedback

 
  If you have benefited from the Athlete Support Programme before, how often do you use your free membership to Medway Park and Medway's other sports centres? (Please tick)
 
 
 
  The Athlete Support Programme includes discounted rates at the University of Kent's Sports Ready Clinic. Have you benefited from any of the following yet?
  Yes   No  
  Sports science testing    

  Sports nutrition    

  Biomechanics    

  Sports therapy and rehabilitation    

  Sports massage    

  Sports psychology    
 

Please use the box below to paste in any urls you have which direct to online evidence, a results page from a national or regional competition or a page, which shows your membership to a representative squad. Alternatively, evidence can be emailed to medwaysport@medway.gov.uk or submitted by post to Medway Sport, Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham ME4 4TR

 
  In the past week, on how many days have you done a total of 30 minutes or more of physical activity, which was enough to raise your breathing rate?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Medway is committed to consulting with all its residents and so, to ensure that all groups within the community have the opportunity to participate, we would appreciate it if you could provide us with the following information. The information provided will remain private and confidential and will not be used for any other purpose. You are under no obligation to provide the following information and it will not affect your input if you choose not to.

  Are you? Please tick the appropriate box
  How old are you? (Please tick the appropriate box)
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Do you have any long-standing health problem or disability? Long-standing means anything that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months. (Please tick the appropriate box:
  If yes, what is the nature of your health problem or disability? (please tick the appropriate box)
 
 
 
 
 
  What is your ethnic group?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  In which area do you live? (please tick one box only)
 
 
 
 
 

Protecting your personal information.

Medway Council will keep the information provided above as confidential. Access to, retention and disposal of this information will be strictly in accordance with data protection requirements.  It will be used solely to ensure that Medway Council meets obligations under equality legislation. Individuals will not be identifiable in any reporting.  Your personal data will be processed in accordance with Medway Council’s Data Protection notice.

Thank you for completing your application for the Medway Athlete Support Programme. One of our team shall be in contact with you shortly with a result.

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